Jiaxiang

Jiaxiang

(Tang materia medica)

[synonym] shuiyunmu, Haiyue and chushengzi (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it belongs to the salamander or its related animals.

[animal form] the salamander snail, also known as the flowing snail (Ben Cao Tu Jing).

The shell is large and strong, about 9 cm high and 8 cm wide. There are about 5-6 layers of spirochetes, with obvious sutures, high shell top, round body spirochetes, and uniform increase in the width of each layer. There are well-developed spiral ribs on the surface of the shell, and there are fine ribs between the ribs. Generally, there are two rows of strong semicircular spines on the spiral layer, about 10-11 in each row. The shell surface is gray cyan, the base of shell is expanded, and the growth pattern and color of spiral rib are similar to that of shell surface. The outer lip is simple, and the lower part of the inner lip is expanded and thickened. No umbilicus. The outer surface is grayish green and grayish yellow, with dense small granular protrusions. There is a vortex like carving in the center and below; the inner surface is slightly flat, with 4 threads, and the core is slightly below. The body is soft with slender antennae and well developed feet.

It lives on the rocky seafloor near the low tide line. It is distributed in the coastal area south of Zhejiang Province.

[medicinal material] is a round sheet with a diameter of 1-4 cm and a thickness of 0.2-1 cm. The inner surface is slightly flat, showing spiral lines, sometimes with brown film-like material; the outer surface is uplifted, with significant or insignificant spiral ridges, and the depression is densely covered with small dot like protrusions. The material is hard and heavy, and the section is not smooth. The air is weak and the taste is salty.

Produced in Guangdong, Fujian and other coastal areas.

This product is used as mica in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Tianlu, Wuhan and other places.

[processing] 1. Lei Gong's treatise on frying: "all envoys (Jiaxiang) must be boiled with raw Maoxiang and Zaojiao for half a day, but they are percolated out, rammed in mortar, and sieved with horsetail. "

② According to the experience prescription, "the method of Jiaxiang cultivation is unlimited. First, it is boiled in Loess mud for one day, then bathed in warm water, then boiled in rice swill or ash juice for one day, then boiled in honey wine for one day before bath, and then bathed again. It can be used for dry purpose. "

[nature and taste] Tang materia medica: "it tastes salty, flat and nontoxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat epigastric pain, dysentery, gonorrhea, hemorrhoids, fistula and scabies.

① "Tang Materia Medica": "master heart full of pain, shortness of breath, stop dysentery, under the shower. "

② "Materia medica notes:" main nail gangrene, fistula sores, snake and scorpion bee stings, scabies, head sores, skin sores. "

③ "Haiyao Materia Medica": "He Qi Qing Shen, the main intestinal wind flaccid hemorrhoids. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: calcine and store, grind and sprinkle.